The Census Bureau released the 2010-2014 American Community Survey 5-yr estimates. It is the first time that we have 5-yr estimates that does not overlap with another set. So, in this project, we wanted to see how some of the poverty statistics have changed from the 2005-2009 estimates to the 2010-2014 in the Greater Triangle area encompassing Orange, Durham, Wake and Johnston counties.


Children living in poverty in the Greater Triangle Area

The number of children living in poverty is not uniform throughout the 4 counties. The interactive map belows provides statistics on the children living in these counties by census tract. Census tracts are small subdivisions of a county.
In the latest ACS 5-yr estimates, on average, there were 5000 people in each tract for the Greater Triangle area. Note that the areas shapes of the tract is different from the 2005-2009 ACS to the 2010-2014 ACS.

The interactive maps below show the 4 counties divided by census tract.
Each tract is colored by the number of children living in poverty in that area - the darker the color, the higher the number of children. Click on an area to see the following statistics per census tract:

Note that “children”" are 0-17 years of age.

Number of Children Living in Poverty by Census Tract (2005-2009)


Number of Children Living in Poverty by Census Tract (2010-2014)


Sources

2005-2009 American Community Survey 5-year estimates - US Census Bureau
2010-2014 American Community Survey 5-year estimates - US Census Bureau

Contributors

Zeydy Ortiz
Ashton Drew